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Spring/Summer 2012 Music-Making Opportunities at the Jazz Academy

January 23, 2012

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) offers a stellar line-up of music making opportunities to engage all ages and interests with ongoing classes, camps and workshops at the Jazz Academy community instructional space in the Lincoln Theatre complex. With nearly 5,000 square feet, the Jazz Academy is a premier facility for multi-generational and recreational music ...

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DC Jazz Festival Receives NEA Jazz Masters Live Grant

January 23, 2012

The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) today announced that it has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Live grant for the fifth year. The DCJF was one of 12 non-profits selected to receive a total of $135,000 in funding. NEA Jazz Masters Live grants help bring legendary musicians, writers, producers and scholars ...

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Berklee Professor Fred Lipsius Helps Musicians Become Great Improvisers With Online Video Training

January 20, 2012

Get More Creative! Be A Better Soloist! Berklee Professor Fred Lipsius Uses Online Video to Teach Students and Professionals Alike How To Be Great Improvisers: Freddy's Guide to Creative Improvisation. The Online Training also includes a 188pg PDF of the Printed Book. “Freddy's Guide To Creative Improvisation is an original and exciting method for teaching what ...

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George Clinton Meets Berklee College of Music 2/13-16

January 14, 2012

FUNK LEGEND TO BE HONORED AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC Berklee College of Music has announced that Funk legend George Clinton will head to the venerated school to teach a four-day residency, perform a concert, and accept an honorary degree. At the concert, which is set to take place February 16, Clinton will be presented with ...

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Brazilian Educators Teach Samba and Bossa Nova Grooves on January 21 in Rockville (MD)

January 9, 2012

Americans have had a love affair with Brazilian music since the 1962 release of the mega hit album, Jazz Samba featuring Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. With their fabulous melodies, harmonies and rhythms, the captivating sounds of Brazil continue to roll in on our shores. On Saturday, January 21, an inDepth jazz Clinic and Concert in ...

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Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Series Features Master Blues Guitarist Sean Carney - Jan. 14

December 21, 2011

Columbus, OH—International Blues Challenge (IBC) winner and Albert King Best Guitarist Award-winner Sean Carney returns to the Lincoln Theatre on Saturday, January 14, 2012 for a blues-rockin' PBJ & Jazz concert presented by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) and Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year's season has been expanded to include ...

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New Music Seminar Returns to NYC June 17-19, 2012

December 20, 2011

This year's New Music Seminar (NMS) has been announced for June 17-19, 2012 in New York City. the conference will open with keynote speaker Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel. Pittman has been a key player in Clear Channel Radio's Pandora-like digital radio platform, iHeartRadio. If past New Music Seminars are any indication, these three days ...

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Al Jarreau Vocal Scholarship Awarded

December 20, 2011

Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music, that partnered recently with jazz vocalist Al Jarreau to offer a vocal scholarship in his name, today announced Ethiopia's Nefthalem Mulat was the first student to be awarded the prestigious scholarship. Jarreau, a seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist, provides one scholarship per semester to attend LA Music Academy; ...

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Jazz Education? Priceless

December 15, 2011

For a moderately sized urban area, I am impressed with the opportunities afforded aspiring musicians, and particularly aspiring jazz musicians. Jazz is really a hard sell. It's been decades since it could be called America's “popular" music. And it was never a major subject in public school curricula. In most contexts, jazz was barely a footnote ...

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Jazz Legend Gary Burton Partners with Berkleemusic.com to Teach Jazz Improvisation Online

December 14, 2011

New Online Course “Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation" launches on January 9th, 2012 Boston, MA: Berkleemusic.com, the online school of Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music, is unveiling an exclusive new online course with jazz legend, Grammy-award winning artist, and Berklee alum, Gary Burton. “Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation" provides an unprecedented opportunity for musicians from across the ...